Combined foot and brace for railway-rails



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E. SAMUEL. COMBINED FOOT AND BRAUB FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

No. 483,873. Patented Oct. 4, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD SAMUEL,O F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED FOOT AND BRACE FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,873, dated October4, 1892.

Application filed December 26, 1891. Serial No. 416,188- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD SAMUEL, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an ImprovedCombined Foot and Brace for Railway-Rails, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to so construct a combined foot and bracefor railwayrails that it can be readily bent into shape and, if desired,welded, as fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a rail,showing my improved foot and brace attached to the rail and secured to atie. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which my improved foot andbrace is formed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the combined foot andbrace bent and welded. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the ordinarygirder-rail having base-flanges on both sides of the web, showing theknee or brace as used with this rail. Fig. 5is aperspective view of theknee shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the type of blank used inmaking the knee or brace shown in Fig. 5.

The combined foot and brace herein shown in Fig. 1 is especially adaptedfor use in connection with the rail for which application for patent wasfiled by me on the 14th day of December, 1891. This improved rail isclearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and consists of a rail having ahead and web and a baseflange at only one side of the web.

The knee or brace shown in Figs. 4 and 6 is adapted to use with any formof rail having a base-flange.

My improved foot, as shown in Fig. 1, can be attached to the oppositeside of the web from the flanged side at the cross-ties, so as to forman extended base for the rail and a sufiicient brace to withstand anytransverse or lateral strains upon the rail.

My improved foot is made from the blank shown in Fig. 2, which has abody portion D, forming the brace of the foot, and two wings A and B,the wing A forming the base of .the foot and the wing 13 forming thevertical flange to which the rail is attached. The blank is bent on thelines .9 and If, so that the portions A and B will be at proper anglesto the portion D, and when the foot is attached to the rail, as shown inFig. .1, bolts or rivets n n secure the rail to the foot and spikes 70 kare driven through the openings in the base, firmly securing the base tothe tie. The ver tical flan geisin ordinary cases, connected only to thebase through the brace D, as shown in Fig. 1; but where it is wished tostrengthen and stiffen the foot the portion 13 can be welded to thebase. Vhen the foot is welded, I extend the blank 0 (shown by dottedlines in Fig. 1) and out it at a, so that the portion 0 can be turnedup, forminga lip, which can be readily welded to the securing-web B, asshown clearly in Fig. 3.

The chair shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 is cut away to allow for thebase-flange and may have a portion d, which will extend over therail-flange and under the flange portion B of the brace, and in someinstances this portion may be welded to the flange portion B. The braceshown in Fig. at may be used in some instances on the base-flange sideof the rail. (Shown in Fig. 1.)

I preferably extend the vertical flange B up under the head of the rail,as shown in Fig. 1, to prevent any shearing action upon the bolts whichfasten the foot to the rail. To form this extension, I bend the portionB on the line to and either crimp the corner formed at its junction withthe brace D or cut out a portion of the blank at b and weld the twofaces together, although it may be made Without welding or securing thebent portion to'the brace ,D.

\Vhile I have treated this invention as be ing applicable togirder-rails, there is no reason why the same form of knee and made inthe same manner may notbe usedfor kneeing timbers together in any classof work where such knees are required, as in ship-building, bridgeconstruction, or tie-and-stringer-constructed railways.

I claim as my invention- 1. The within-described rail foot and brace,comprising the base portion for hearing on the tie, the verticalsecuring-flange to which the rail is attached, and a triangular brace atone side extending from the base to the securing-web, the wholebeingformed from sheet metal in one piece by bending the parts intoproper relation to each other, substantially as specified.

2. The Within-described rail foot and brace, made from a single sheet ofwrought metal,

comprising the triangular brace D, the base jecting from the base towardthe web, sub- 15 stantially as'described.

4. The within-described blank for a rail foot and brace, said blankbeing of the shape shown and composed of a triangular central portion D,having extensions A and B, sub- 20 stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD SAMUEL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SELFRIDGE, HARRY SMITH.

